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Application Process Opened for Court of Criminal Appeals Vacancy

Application Process Opened for Court of Criminal Appeals Vacancy

The Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments is now accepting applications for the vacancy on the Court of Criminal Appeals following the death of Judge James Curwood Witt, Jr., on August 17, 2024. Interested applicants must be licensed attorneys who are at least 30 years of age, a resident of the state for the past five […]

SBA Steps In: Vital Aid for Tennesseans Recovering from Tropical Storm Helene

SBA Steps In: Vital Aid for Tennesseans Recovering from Tropical Storm Helene

Low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are available to businesses and residents in Tennessee following the announcement of a Presidential disaster declaration for Tropical Storm Helene that began on Sept. 26. “SBA’s mission-driven team stands ready to help small businesses and residents in Tennessee impacted by this disaster in every way […]

District Attorney General’s Office Finds Insufficient Evidence Of Criminal Violation By Newport Utility Board

District Attorney General’s Office Finds Insufficient Evidence Of Criminal Violation By Newport Utility Board

Investigation Details Several Issues within Newport Utilities

Investigation Details Several Issues within Newport Utilities

The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office, working in conjunction with the Tennessee Valley Authority Office of Inspector General, has completed an investigation into Newport Utilities (utilities) which provides electric, water, wastewater, and broadband services in the City of Newport and surrounding areas. Beginning in 2016, the utilities began installing a broadband system in its service area. As […]

Guilty Verdict by Cocke County Jury of Aggrivated Sexual Battery, Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child, Rape of a Child and Incest

Guilty Verdict by Cocke County Jury of Aggrivated Sexual Battery, Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child, Rape of a Child and Incest

Canine Distemper Case Confirmed at Area Shelter

Canine Distemper Case Confirmed at Area Shelter

Last weekend a puppy at the Morristown Hamblen Humane Society (MHHS) exhibited symptoms of distemper. On Monday, the mother and rest of the litter were confirmed positive after MHHS director Pam Velder submitted samples to the virology laboratory at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. MHHS staff followed best practices by immediately testing […]

Household Hazardous Waste Mobile Collection Service in Cocke, Coffee, Dickson, Overton Counties September 18

Household Hazardous Waste Mobile Collection Service in Cocke, Coffee, Dickson, Overton Counties September 18

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) mobile household hazardous waste collection service will be in Cocke, Coffee, Dickson, and Overton counties on Saturday September 18. Tennesseans are encouraged to bring household hazardous waste – including cleaning fluids, pesticides, batteries and more – to a designated drop-off location. A person does not need to […]

Former Corrections Officer Indicted, Accused of Official Misconduct

Former Corrections Officer Indicted, Accused of Official Misconduct

An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the indictment of a former Cocke County corrections officer accused of conspiring to harm an inmate. On December 9th, at the request of 4th District Attorney General James Dunn, TBI special agents began investigating allegations involving Joseph Tyree (DOB 6/13/97). During […]

Republican Road to Victory Bus Tour Stops in Newport

Republican Road to Victory Bus Tour Stops in Newport

House Republican Caucus Chairman Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby) and State Sen. Steve Southerland (R-Morristown) this week joined with Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville), Congressman David Kustoff (R-Tennessee), Republican Congressional Candidate Diana Harshbarger, GOP Chairman Scott Golden, and other conservative leaders to visit with voters in Cocke County as part of the statewide Road to Victory bus tour.    The event was […]

Troopers Rescue Children Locked Inside Back of U-Haul Truck

Troopers Rescue Children Locked Inside Back of U-Haul Truck

On July 10th, 2019, Fall Branch Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Owen Caudill received a call from dispatch stating a bystander observed several small children being locked in the back of a white U-Haul box truck at the I-40 446 Welcome Center in Cocke County. While driving in that direction, Trooper Caudill observed a U-Haul truck […]

Amazon To Dominate Cyber Monday – Support the Smokies while you shop with Amazon Smile

Amazon To Dominate Cyber Monday – Support the Smokies while you shop with Amazon Smile

Amazon is predicted to dominate Cyber Monday sales today. As a corporate partner of Great Smoky Mountains Association, Amazon will donate a portion of your online purchases to GSMA when you start shopping on Amazon.com using this LINK.

Dwight Mitchel Bell Arrested By Dandridge Police Department – Fugitive From Justice and Person Of Interest In Murder and Rape Of Somerset, KY Woman

Dwight Mitchel Bell Arrested By Dandridge Police Department – Fugitive From Justice and Person Of Interest In Murder and Rape Of Somerset, KY Woman

Dwight Mitchel Bell was arrested in Dandridge today and charged as a fugitive from justice. He is also a person of interest in the murder and rape of 70 year old Carolyn New of Somerset, Kentucky, theft of her vehicle and a separate incident of strangulation in Henry County, Indiana. New was found dead in […]

Former Chairman of the Cocke County Legislative Body, Michael A. McCarter, has officially announced his bid for Republican Nomination for State House of Representative District No 11

Former Chairman of the Cocke County Legislative Body, Michael A. McCarter, has officially announced his bid for Republican Nomination for State House of Representative District No 11

Michael A. McCarter of Morrell Springs Road has officially announced this week he would be seeking the office of State House of Representative District No 11 which includes all of Cocke County and parts of Jefferson and Greene County counties. McCarter is no stranger to public service. McCarter, elected to the Cocke County Commission in […]

Jefferson County Republican Party Hosts Meet The Candidate In Dandridge

Jefferson County Republican Party Hosts Meet The Candidate In Dandridge

The Jefferson County Republican Women Of The Future held a Meet the Candidate event Saturday morning in the Historic Jefferson County Courthouse in Dandridge. Both local and state level elected officials were on hand to address the public. Early voting for the March 1st election begins on February 10, 2016 and candidates were out stumping […]

Social Media Frenzy Surrounds Two Missing Women – Police Say No Connection

Social Media Frenzy Surrounds Two Missing Women – Police Say No Connection

Two local women, Inesha Haygood and Lora Costner, are missing and the circumstances surrounding their disappearances have created an atmosphere of fear in the area. Haygood went missing from Morristown on December 28, 2015. A few weeks later, on the afternoon of January 7, 2016, Costner went missing in Newport, Tennessee. Despite correlations that have […]

Hearthstone, Inc. Expanding in Cocke County

Hearthstone, Inc. Expanding in Cocke County

Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd along with Hearthstone, Inc. officials announced today the company will invest $3.9 million to expand operations at its Newport facility. The custom log and timber homes manufacturer will create 38 new jobs in Cocke County. “I want to thank Hearthstone for choosing to reinvest in […]

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